Markets / Products
Constellium and carmaker Renault collaborate in establishing a closed-loop recycling process for the all-new Megane E-Tech electric model.
Green Power Motor Company has unveiled at the ACT Expo the EV Star Utility, a purpose-built, all-electric, all-aluminum utility stake bed truck.
A recent study by Ducker on behalf of European Aluminium underlines that the use of aluminium in vehicles manufactured in Europe continues to increase.
Expected demand from leading vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers suggest aluminium content surge in EV market
With the new Fire Stop ADS 90 FR 30-CE aluminium door Schüco is expanding its tried-and-tested Fire Stop platform with a fire door for external use.
The first aluminium profiles made with 100 % recycled post-consumer metal have been delivered by Hydro to the Innovationsbogen project in Augsburg, Germany.
Industry
The European tube market remained robust in 2022, deliveries of tubes increase by 2 % in 2022.
The aluminium aerosol can manufacturers, organised in the Aerobal association, have increased their 2022 deliveries by 6.8 % to around 6bn units.
The manufacturers of aluminium tubes and aerosol cans are satisfied overall with their deliveries to the German market in 2022.
Despite a small dip in deliveries in Q3 2022, down just 0,3 % at 237,800 t year-on-year, the 9-month performance is still 0,4 % ahead of the previous year.
Constellium is supplying aluminium auto body sheet for the all-new Maserati Grecale SUV.
Company
In response to reduced market demand for aluminium billets in Europe, Hydro has decided to partially curtail aluminium production at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Husnes in Norway.
From 27 to 29 September 2022, ALUMINIUM will open its doors at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.
Aluminium foil
The first half of 2022 saw stability return to deliveries of foil for containers and technical applications.
Associations
The European tube market was relatively robust in the first half of 2022.
Recycling
Novelis will showcase its new laminated aluminium surfaces for beverage can ends at ALUMINIUM 2022 in Düsseldorf at the end of September.
Aluminium demand in North America (US and Canada) grew 6.6 % in the first half of 2022.
Deliveries of aluminium tubes and aerosol cans to the German market still developed satisfactorily in the first half of 2022.
Investment
Packaging manufacturer Canpack S.A. plans to increase its manufacturing capacity of aluminium beverage cans with a new production facility in Brazil.
Rio Tinto and Ford Motor have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply chains for battery and low-carbon materials to be used in Ford vehicles.
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